2. (adjective) be reddish-brown, ginger-coloured, chestnut, burnt orange, ochre.
He matamoe te ingoa, ā, he āhua rarahi tonu. He āhua pākākā me te mōhinahina ka whakauru haere (HP 1991:15). / Its called a short-finned eel and it's rather large and brownish with touches of grey.
3. (noun) reddish-brown, ginger-coloured, chestnut, burnt orange, ochre.
Kei roto tonu mai i te waharoa ki te whare karakia me te urupā o te Rīpeka Tapu kei Waipārera tētahi whakamaharatanga marutuna e whā mita te teitei. Ko te āhua ia, he pou māpere e whakatāekaekatia ana e te pākākā, ā, e toko ana i te anahera māpere mā (TTR 1994:76). / Just inside the gateway to the Rīpeka Tapu Church and cemetery at Waipārera is a four-metre-tall monument. It is in the shape of a marble pole flecked with brown supporting a white marble angel.
